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Men

April 22, 2024

Men’s Play-Offs Tip-Offs

Our Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles Men’s British Basketball League 2024 Play-Offs opening tip-offs have been confirmed. Following Leicester Riders’ win at Surrey Scorchers yesterday, the men were locked into 6th place in this season’s Championship standings and will face Caledonia Gladiators who finished 3rd. As the higher seed, Caledonia Gladiators have home advantage and host…

Men

April 21, 2024

Eagles Eyes On Play-Offs Placing Deciders

Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles’ men and women have already been assured of Play-Offs places, but as the final Championship tip-offs approach across both leagues the first fixtures for our post-season are not yet set. While our Eagles women have one more weekend of British Basketball League action to decide their post-season opponents and that could…

British Basketball League

Men

April 21, 2024

Report: Manchester Giants 91-89 Eagles

The inconsistency that the Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles have shown most of the season came back to haunt them in Manchester on Saturday night. After a Dr. Jekyll performance against Cheshire at home on Friday, Mr Hyde returned on Saturday. With Sheffield defeating Plymouth at home also on Saturday, it now means the Eagles can’t…

British Basketball League

Women

April 20, 2024

Preview: Eagles Women at Cardiff Met Archers

The Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles go into today’s Women’s British Basketball League fixture at Cardiff Met Archers assured of a place in the end of season playoffs. Where they finish in the final standings will be decided by how they fare in their last two regular season games starting with today in Cardiff and finishing…

Cardiff Met Archers

Men

April 20, 2024

Report: Eagles Men 104-89 Cheshire Phoenix

Fourth place is still within the grasp of Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles after Marc Steutel’s men dismantled Championship runners-up Cheshire Phoenix. A packed Vertu Motors Arena roared the home side to victory on a night when Bristol’s defeat to Caledonia guaranteed the men in black a top six finish. But a win at Manchester tonight…

British Basketball League

Men

April 18, 2024

Preview: Eagles Men vs Cheshire Phoenix

Josh Ward-Hibbert is convinced Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles fans will see the best of the men in black as the race for the final trophy of the season hots up. The Tynesiders wrap up their regular season campaign with two games inside 24 hours this weekend — starting with a sold-out Friday night homecourt clash…

British Basketball League

Women

April 18, 2024

Courtney Classen Thrilled to be Back From Injury

One of the stand-out features of the dramatic and pulsating Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles 71 – 67 win in the Women’s British Basketball League at The Vertu Motors Arena last Saturday night was the performance of Eagles guard Courtney Clasen. Clasen who’s entire career on Tyneside has been plagued and interrupted by serious injury after…

Cardiff Met Archers

Men

April 17, 2024

Josh Ward-Hibbert Back For Final Push

Josh Ward-Hibbert will be back to bolster the Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles backcourt this weekend as the men in black make one final push for a top four sport. Seven defeats in 10 games have killed the franchise’s mid-season momentum at a critical stage of the campaign. But the return of influential British Basketball League…

British Basketball League

Women

April 15, 2024

Hodges Keen To Build Momentum

The Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles produced a stunning comeback and dramatic finish to take a crucial 71 – 67 point win in the Women’s British Basketball League on Saturday night in The Vertu Motors Arena. Trailing by seven points with just two minutes and three seconds left on the clock, Newcastle closed the game out…

Oaklands Wolves

Arena

December 22, 2023

Coming ‘Home’, Newcastle

Big time international basketball returns to the North East next year after Great Britain confirmed plans to revisit its popular Newcastle base. The Vertu Motors Arena has become a home from home for the senior men’s roster with bumper crowds backing the national team on Tyneside. And with Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles’ playcaller Marc Steutel…

Arena

December 6, 2023

Feeding Families Collection This Week

This week at the Vertu Motors Arena we will be taking donations for Feeding Families, the North East-based charity hat offers support, hope and security to those experiencing food poverty. At this difficult time of the year for so many people and in tough economic times across the board, the Eagles family want to ensure that…

Arena

July 7, 2023

Extreme Robots Are Coming To Newcastle

From the crew who brought you the sold-out Robot Wars Live Tours, now the robots have gone EXTREME and the Extreme Robots Live Tour coming to the Vertu Motors Arena on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 July. The world’s most dangerous combat robots are getting ready to fight all across the country for the richest prize…

Arena

June 21, 2023

Cage Warriors Returns To Newcastle

Cage Warriors – Europe’s Leading MMA Organisation – will return to Newcastle for the first time in nine years this November. The event – numbered CW 164 – will take place at the Vertu Motors Arena, home to the most successful team in British basketball history – the Newcastle Eagles – on Saturday, November 25th….

Arena

April 6, 2023

New Scotswood Road Community Defibrillator at Vertu Motors Arena

The Eagles Community Foundation is proud to announce a new Automated External Defibrillator (AED) has been installed at its Vertu Motors Arena to support the local community and public on Scotswood Road. The Community Public Access Defibrillators (cPAD) has been donated to the community by Red Sky Foundation, who provides life-saving defibrillators for city centres, local…

Arena

March 7, 2023

Scotswood Road Parking Update

Firstly, we would like to thank everyone who came to support our Eagles in their sold-out British Basketball League game on Friday 3 March. Following the game, it has been brought to our attention that a number of vehicles parked on Scotswood Road received Penalty Charge Notices from Newcastle City Council. On Monday morning the Eagles…

Arena

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Arena

February 26, 2023

Report: Great Britain 59-88 Belgium

Marc Stuetel has doubled down on his determination to prepare Great Britain basketball for the challenges ahead following another dispiriting defeat on the international stage. The beaten but unbowed Newcastle Eagles play-caller helms tomorrow night’s World Cup clash against European heavyweights Serbia uncertain of what the future holds. But GB’s acting head coach is continuing…

Featured

Eagles Head Coach Marc Steutel is priming the GB team for the future.

Arena

February 24, 2023

Preview: Great Britain vs Belgium

Marc Steutel’s mission is to prime Great Britain’s senior men for long-term success — whatever the future holds. National team bosses are expected to announce a new direction for the country’s coaching set-up once the current international window closes. And with GB head coach Nate Reinking committed to Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA, it seems…

FIBA Word Cup 2023 Qualifier

Arena

February 22, 2023

Eagle Johnson Brings Experience To Youthful GB Roster

Kyle Johnson has vowed to lead by example as the veteran guard sets the standard for the new kids on the Great Britain block. Acting head coach Marc Steutel has stacked his World Cup roster with a blend of youth and experience ahead of Friday night’s Vertu Motors Arena clash against Belgium. And 12 years…

Belgium

Men

April 22, 2024

Men’s Play-Offs Tip-Offs

British Basketball League

Men

April 21, 2024

Eagles Eyes On Play-Offs Placing Deciders

British Basketball League

Men

April 21, 2024

Report: Manchester Giants 91-89 Eagles

British Basketball League

Men

April 20, 2024

Report: Eagles Men 104-89 Cheshire Phoenix

British Basketball League

Men

April 18, 2024

Preview: Eagles Men vs Cheshire Phoenix

British Basketball League

Men

April 17, 2024

Josh Ward-Hibbert Back For Final Push

British Basketball League

Men

April 15, 2024

Steutel Calls For Better Officiating

An unrepentant Marc Steutel will not think twice about fighting his players’ corner despite being thrown out of Saturday’s feisty clash at Surrey Scorchers. The passionate playcaller revealed a build-up of frustration was behind his emotions boiling over towards the end of a tetchy affair in Guildford. And Steutel insisted he would continue to campaign…

British Basketball League

Men

April 14, 2024

Report: Surrey Scorchers 90-77 Eagles Men

After a disappointing home loss to the Bristol Flyers, the 7th placed side in the League standings, the Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles were looking to bounce back to winning ways down in Surrey on Saturday night. The Eagles faced a Scorchers side sitting in eighth place needing a victory to keep their hopes of a…

British Basketball League

Men

April 13, 2024

Preview: Eagles Men at Surrey Scorchers

Determined Darius Defoe insists Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles are down but far from out as the Jekyll and Hyde of the British Basketball League look to bounce back at Surrey tonight. The most decorated player in domestic hoops cut a forlorn figure as he reflected on the disastrous finish that gifted Bristol Flyers victory on…

British Basketball League

Foundation

January 31, 2024

Tosan Makes Memphis Moves

Tosan Evbuomwan is on the brink of joining an elite group of British ballers after the Geordie star was snapped up by NBA giants Memphis Grizzlies. The Western Conference franchise have signed the Newcastle Eagles Academy graduate to a 10-day contract. “This is an incredible opportunity for Tosan, one that he has earned through hard…

Academy

Foundation

January 23, 2024

Academy U16 Girls Enjoy Sponsored Overnight Stopover

The U16 Girls Academy side recently benefitted from an overnight stay after local company @Basketmedia365 provided sponsorship for the trip. With two games in two days, the players, coaches and staff stayed at the picturesque Ilam Hall in Derbyshire. They enjoyed a team meal, fun activities, a countryside walk in the stunning rural location and…

Academy

Foundation

November 30, 2023

Simpson Group Become Eagles Official Print Partner

Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles is delighted to announce the ink is dry on a new deal to make Simpson Group the club’s official print partner. In a partnership to produce branding and promotional materials seen throughout the Vertu Motors Arena and print the men’s game day programmes, posters, outreach activity booklets and more, the Washington-based business…

Mark Jerrard

Foundation

October 18, 2023

Young Eagles Take Flight: Joe Sheeran & Jakey Weech

In the third and final part of this piece we celebrate two players flying stateside to Academic institutions in the United States. Joe Sheeran is a long time Eagles Academy player who has progressed right through the Academy levels and even featured in the BBL during the 2021-22 season. Joe stepped on court for two…

Academy

Foundation

October 3, 2023

Young Eagles Take Flight: Joshua Osarenkhoe

The second young Eagles to graduate our Under-19 programme is Joshua ‘Josh’ Osarenkhoe. Josh is the eldest of three brothers who are in our performance pathway with Jesse and Joseph hot on his heels! The Osarenkoe family moved to Newcastle from Milan, Italy in 2018 and Josh has steadily progressed through the ranks from u14s…

Academy

Foundation

September 26, 2023

Young Eagles take Flight: Favour Ajayi

In our upcoming 4-part series, “Young Eagles Take Flight,” we delve into the awe-inspiring journeys of four remarkable basketball talents who have soared through the ranks of the Eagles Community Foundation’s Academy, setting their sights on higher horizons abroad. Meet Favour, a young and promising player whose story epitomises the incredible growth within our Eagles…

Eagles Academy

Foundation

September 7, 2023

50 Not Out For North East Hoops

A night of pure nostalgia and glimpses of an exciting future underpinned a memorable night celebrating 50 years of franchise basketball in the North East. Members of Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles’ new-look men’s and women’s rosters rubbed shoulders with big names from the club’s storied past. And there was even a poignant video message from…

50 Years

Foundation

June 29, 2023

Golf In The City Putts Share Of £12,000 Into The Foundation

Newcastle based networking group Golf in the City (GITC) put their sporting skills to good use and raised £12,000 for the Eagles Community Foundation and Teenage Cancer Trust. Formed two years ago, GITC comprising of more than 80 golfers who share a passion for the sport and the North East community. Their inaugural charity-led golf…

Featured

Foundation

June 23, 2023

Pistons Pick Up Tosan

Tosan Evbuomwan is set to realise his NBA dream after the Detroit Pistons snapped up the Newcastle-born forward. The Eagles Academy graduate narrowly missed out on the 2023 NBA draft after failing to emerge as one of this summer’s top 60 picks. But hours after the dust settled on one of the biggest events on…

Academy

Men

April 21, 2024

Eagles Eyes On Play-Offs Placing Deciders

British Basketball League

Women

April 20, 2024

Preview: Eagles Women at Cardiff Met Archers

Cardiff Met Archers

Women

April 18, 2024

Courtney Classen Thrilled to be Back From Injury

Cardiff Met Archers

Women

April 15, 2024

Hodges Keen To Build Momentum

Oaklands Wolves

Women

April 14, 2024

Report: Eagles Women 71-67 Oaklands Wolves

In front of an excellent packed Vertu Motors Arena, the Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles produced a sensational finish to this crucial regular season League claim a vital win in their push towards the end of season play-offs. The 517 in the crowd were loud and proud as their favourites responded to their support by coming…

Featured

Women

April 13, 2024

Preview: Eagles Women vs Oaklands Wolves

The Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles face Oaklands Wolves in the Vertu Motors Arena tonight in a crucial Women’s Basketball League game that could decide their end of season destiny and final playoff position. After a really tough couple of weeks losing vital players through injury and a derby clash against Durham Palatinates as well as…

Matt Newby

Women

March 10, 2024

Report: Essex Rebels 72-88 Eagles Women

The Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles produced their best performance of the season on the road in Colchester to record a superb road victory against the Essex Rebels on Saturday night. A truly spectacular effort that was a real statement of intent for the rest of the season. A first win against a side in the top…

Essex Rebels

Women

March 9, 2024

Preview: Essex Rebels vs Eagles Women

The Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles face a long trip today to take on the red-hot in-form Essex Rebels at the University of Essex in Colchester in another crucial League encounter. The Eagles looking for another win to cement their play-off position and possible even improve it. Newcastle currently sit in sixth place in the table…

Essex Rebels

Women

March 8, 2024

Awards for Eagles Women

Aptly being announced on the eve of International Women’s Day, we are proud to share that three women from across the Eagles have been honoured in Basketball England’s annual Regional Awards. Women’s British Basketball League star Chloe Gaynor leads a flock of Eagles whose names were announced on social media last night as the winners…

Abbie Orwin